top of page

Producers must take foot-and-mouth disease seriously

  • Grainews.ca
  • May 16
  • 1 min read

The recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Germany tells us we all collectively need to be on the lookout for it.


For Canada, the Beef Cattle Research Council has been the centre for compiling information, putting out brochures and posters illustrating clinical signs, and organizing webinars and videos for veterinarians and producers. These should be of interest to the general public as well.


We all know FMD is an extremely contagious viral disease affecting all cloven-hoof animals, which includes wildlife species such as elk or deer as well as all farm production animals. Horses can get a disease called vesicular stomatitis, which resembles FMD.


 
 
 

Recent Posts

See All
CCA's Action News has moved

CCA has moved to a new delivery platform for Action News . Starting Monday, June 2, Action News is now delivered by Mailchimp. If you...

 
 
 

Comments


  • Black Facebook Icon
  • Black Twitter Icon
  • LinkedIn

© 2020 by the Canadian Cattle Asssociation. 

bottom of page